Luminous game engine unveiled by Square Enix

The Direct X 11 native technology will power the firm's future releases on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, as well as next generation consoles, Impress Watch reports.

Square has confirmed that Wii U and PlayStation Vita functionality can be added to Luminous in the future as the engine supports programmable shaders. The firm is investigating the possibility of optimising the tech for the Wii and 3DS, which do not feature programmable shaders.

Luminous is being developed independently from in-house engines, such as IO Interactive's Glacier 2 and Crystal Dynamics' CDC Engines. The tech will not be available for third-party studios to harness.